After the early dynasty, Ning Yiheng did not leave the palace as before, but turned around and wandered towards the imperial garden.

Although it is late autumn, the garden is still full of flowers, and the sun shines through the thin clouds, shining on a large area of chrysanthemums, reflecting a silver light, dazzling people's eyes. King Heng stood tall and tall, pacing, and thought about what his father summoned him today. Unexpectedly, a string of women's silver bell-like laughter remembered, and King Heng didn't look back, but said: "The fifth emperor sister secretly ran out to play again, and I am not afraid that Concubine Wan will find out and punish you for copying and reciting scriptures." ”

The woman suddenly flashed out from behind the rockery, wearing a purple dress, her eyes were like a crescent moon, she was always smiling, but in fact, she was the most naughty, and the people around her who often teased her were frightened, this was the quiet princess who was deeply favored by Emperor Xuanwen.

Princess Tranquility raised the golden silk soft whip in her hand and swished towards the top of King Heng's head, Ning Yiheng only felt the yin wind behind him, and he didn't look back, turned back, dodged the long whip, stretched out his right hand, and clamped the tail of the whip with his index finger and middle finger. Tranquility shook off the whip in her hand, and without moving, she flew up in the air, and her feet came straight towards Ning Yiheng's door. Ning Yiheng didn't move, waited for him to get close, turned around behind him, and pointed a finger at the back of his heart. Princess Tranquility turned her back to King Heng and said, "Brother Huang is still so powerful. Ning Yiheng put down his hand and said indifferently: "The imperial sister's kung fu is also good today." ”

At this time, Gonggong Li ran over panting, and hurriedly said after saluting the two: "The old slave has found the prince, the emperor is waiting for you in the imperial study, you can go quickly." ”

Ning Yiheng turned around and left with Gonggong Li, and Ning Ning shouted behind him: "Brother Huang, the little scholar outside the palace." Ning Yiheng just walked forward, raised his hand and beckoned behind his back, this is also the secret signal of the two of them, which can be regarded as a promise to take Ning Ning out of the palace today.

King Heng rushed to the imperial study with Gonggong Li, and Emperor Xuanwen was reviewing the chapters. King Heng knelt down and saluted first: "The son of the emperor sees his father." ”

Emperor Xuanwen didn't raise his head, but said in a deep voice: "Get up, Heng'er is okay today?" ”

Ning Yiheng got up and said, "The child is fine, and Father Lao is worried." After saying that, he stood quietly and waited for Emperor Xuanwen to speak after he finished approving the recital.

Emperor Xuanwen paused for a moment and said: "Heng'er is not young, and there is no concubine in the mansion yet, I don't know which young lady in the picture, the father will call the shots for you." ”

Ning Yiheng's heart suddenly warmed up for a while, "Father, this is obviously because he is afraid that he will be weak after seeing the emperor's brother marrying the Prime Minister's Mansion, so I would like to remind you one or two, but in the current situation, the time has not yet come." ”

Emperor Xuanwen saw that King Heng was silent, and only said that he didn't have the person he wanted, so he said: "If Heng'er is an unintentional person, you might as well let your father and queen mother choose the one who matches you among the daughters of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, how about you make another choice?" ”

When Ning Yiheng heard this, he gasped in his heart: "It seems that my father came prepared today, if I say that my heart has no belonging, then I can only obey the arrangement between him and his mother; If you say that you have a crush, but now is really not a good time. For a while, I was quite anxious, and I stood for a long time, without saying a word.

Emperor Xuanwen saw all the appearances on his face, and he had already guessed one or two in his heart, and continued: "The emperor agreed to his father's arrangement? ”

Ning Yiheng was so agitated by Emperor Xuanwen, where could he still bear it, and said busily: "Please ask the father to give the child three days, and give you the answer after three days." ”

Emperor Xuanwen smiled secretly in his heart, but there was no trace on his face, and he only said: "You go down, see me in three days." ”

Ning Yiheng got up and left after kneeling, and as soon as he came out of the palace gate, Princess Tranquility, who was dressed as a little scholar, was already waiting there.

Ning Yiheng didn't have time to answer, hurriedly stepped on the horse's back and galloped away. The princess of tranquility was so anxious that she shouted: "Second brother wait for Jing'er." ”

After about a stick of incense, Ning Yiheng came to the largest teahouse in Beijing, Wangyue Tower, dismounted and went straight to the private room on the second floor, while instructing the little two who came up to greet him: "Let Young Master Mu come to see me." ”

Although Mochizuki Tower is only a teahouse, in fact, there are many pastimes such as singing, dancing, storytelling, singing, etc., and it is a place where high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing often haunt. Mu Chenfeng's presence in such a place as the young master of Xunyin Building is extremely beneficial to obtaining a lot of information, so if there is no accident, he will definitely be able to find him in Wangyue Tower.

Mu Chenfeng, who was amusing with a group of children from the family, heard a few whispers from Xiao Er, and hurriedly came to see King Heng. If it weren't for a major event that he couldn't wait for, Ning Yiheng would not usually come to Wangyue Tower to find himself in person. Mu Chenfeng came to the door and said, "The prince is idle today, and he has also come to this Moon Tower." ”

Ning Yiheng ignored Mu Chenfeng's usual casual appearance, and said indifferently: "Find the villain who was bought by the Liu family to endanger Ling'er within two days." Although he was as calm as before, his words were a little more firm, especially the sentence "Ling'er" made Mu Chenfeng's heart tremble, and he also understood what this matter meant.

Mu Chenfeng whistled, went out of the door, and whispered to the person who came, and the person took the order and left. Mu Chenfeng said to King Heng: "Within two days, I will send that rat three to your house." ”

Heng Wang Fang wanted to express his gratitude a little, but a "second brother" suddenly came in. Mu Chenfeng squinted at King Heng, his face was full of "That's how you thank me?" Embarrassed expression. King Heng had to bow his head and drink tea, pretending not to see it.

After a while, Princess Tranquility had pushed the door in, and when she saw Mu Chenfeng was there, she was overjoyed and said, "Brother Mu is also here today, just in time to take Jing'er to a few rare and fun places, I haven't been out for a long time." ”

After speaking, he looked at King Heng and said, "Second brother, Jing'er is hungry, why don't we go eat something first?" ”

Heng Wang Fang wanted to answer, but Mu Chenfeng had already said: "I think it's better to call someone too, wouldn't it be better for everyone to work together?" Although it was a rhetorical tone, he didn't wait for King Heng to answer, so he said to Princess Tranquility: "Borrow your name card and use it, it's no problem to invite a girl over, right?" ”

Princess Ning didn't expect Mu Chenfeng to agree to play with her so easily today, where do you care about anything else, besides, that tone doesn't seem to have anything to do with him, but something related to her second brother, so she replied happily: "Brother Mu just go and invite, even if the mother concubine knows, she won't punish Jing'er, I don't know which lady it is?" ”

Mu Chenfeng didn't answer, so he asked Princess Ning to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to invite Ling'er. Although the Liu family doesn't care about Ling'er's actions in and out, as the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she must pay attention to it, and Ling'er most of the time picks up that night and disguises herself as a man to go out to play, and rarely goes out during the day, so as not to cause trouble in vain.

Seeing that Mu Chenfeng didn't answer herself, Princess Ning Ning didn't care, thinking about where to eat and play today, and she was so unhappy.

The person sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion handed over the post, and the Liu family was surprised, "Yesterday King Heng sent something, and today Princess Ning Ning invited, these are the most favored children of the emperor today, when did the girl in this backyard have so many royal friendships." "I didn't dare to delay too much, so I was busy letting people go to the backyard to inform Ling'er and let her go with the people.

In the private room of Moon Tower, Princess Tranquility is pestering Mu Chenfeng to teach herself some fist and foot kung fu one day, where is Mu Chenfeng willing to provoke this crazy girl, with how Princess Tranquility asks for words, she just doesn't nod her head and promise. Annoyed, Princess Tranquility took out her whip and swung it out. Mu Chenfeng saw that the situation was not good, and he turned over and ran towards the door, just about to seize the door and escape. Unexpectedly, the door suddenly opened at this time, and the three people in the room were stunned for a while, only to see Ling'er wearing a yellow light gauze arrow sleeve dress, up to the knees, with yellow ribbons wrapped around her head, pearl embellishments, waist-length hair draped on her back, lined with her clear eyes, like the Nine Heavens Fairy-like figure. Originally, this Ling'er was already practicing in her own Lingxi courtyard, and when she heard the princess's invitation, she wanted to freshen up and dress up, but the Liu family had already delayed some time, so she hurried out of the door. The Shina Liu clan also deliberately, wishing that Ling'er would not have a good impression on the princess and make her a crime of disrespect or something.

That Princess Tranquility is naturally also a delicate and lovely child, who is used to being flattered in the palace, and when she saw Ling'er at this time, she secretly exclaimed: "Sure enough, there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world." I was not jealous of Ling'er, but I liked it very much, and happily stepped forward to hold hands and said: "You are my second brother's favorite, the second brother really has good eyesight." ”

Princess Tranquility is a child, and her question is straightforward, which makes Ling'er blush, but after all, she is not fifteen years old in this world, so she only smiled and said: "The folk girl has seen the princess, and the princess Wan'an." ”

Princess Tranquility was also guessing, but at this time, seeing Ling'er's expression, she felt that she had not guessed wrong. The two of them only cared about talking, but Ning Yiheng and Mu Chenfeng next to them were up and down in their hearts.

Ning Yiheng was shocked when he saw Princess Ning Ning say such a thing at first glance, afraid that Ling'er would be annoyed for a while because of her thin skin, but Ling'er was not annoyed, and was slightly comforted in her heart.

Although Mu Chenfeng was a little sour, he seemed to be happy when he saw Ling'er at this time, and he was also a broad-minded person, and he was blessed in his heart.

The four of them gathered, and for a while the guys came up with tea and snacks, and everyone sat around the table, which was very harmonious.

"The original second brother and the imperial sister are also here, why don't you call the imperial brother and I will come and sit together." A male voice sounded, and the four people in the room looked at each other.

As he spoke, King Rui was already pacing from outside the door, with a cold and arrogant expression, as if he could freeze the people who approached. Although Ning Yiheng and Ning Qirui are brothers of the same mother, Ning Qirui has always been highly talented and born in the royal family, except for Emperor Xuanwen and his own mother. And although Ning Yiheng is also indifferent, his heart is much kinder.

Everyone was busy saluting, King Rui glanced at the few people in front of him, and finally his eyes fell on Ling'er, and secretly said in his heart, "What a brilliant and lovely person!" ”

Princess Tranquility saw that King Rui looked at Ling'er but didn't speak, and hurriedly said: "This is the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion - Ji Ling'er, the royal sister went out of the palace to play today, and specially invited her to accompany her." ”

As soon as Princess Tranquility finished speaking, King Rui's face sank, and he said coldly: "The imperial sister should go back to the palace, don't make trouble outside, and provoke some bad people, be careful that your father knows that he will punish you." ”

When Ling'er heard these words, she was so angry that one Buddha was born, and the second Buddha ascended to heaven, and said in her heart, "Good you Rui King, you are really too deceitful, although I divorced you, but I have never done anything that harms you, why do you hurt people so much!" Thinking in his heart, he slashed at King Rui with his eyes, and he couldn't wait to come forward and eat his prescription.

Unexpectedly, King Heng stepped forward, protected Ling'er behind him, and swept King Rui indifferently, although there were no knives and guns between the two for a while, they were also angry.

Mu Chenfeng saw the situation of several people, and hurriedly said to King Rui: "We are going out, if King Rui is fine, I will leave." ”

King Rui took into account that Xunyinlou had done him a great favor last time, and it was really not appropriate to fall out with King Heng here for a woman who did not abide by women's morals, so he snorted coldly, threw his sleeves and left.

Ning Yiheng couldn't help it anymore at this time, reflexively pulled up Ling'er, and said, "Come with me." As soon as the words fell, Ling'er flew out of the window, and a few ups and downs flew out of the city. Ling'er only felt that her body was as light as a swallow, and when she opened her eyes, she seemed to be in the clouds, and then she looked at the person in front of her who was still indifferent, and she couldn't help but feel a sharp increase in admiration. The heart said: "If you get this beloved person in this life, it will be worth it!" ”

Until the wasteland outside the city, Ning Yiheng stopped, only said nothing, and stared at Ling'er for a long time. I looked at Ling'er's heart and didn't know what was going to happen.

Ban Heng Wang Fang said: "My father allowed me to find a candidate for the princess within three days, and if I didn't choose it after three days, I would let him and his mother make the decision to choose the young lady as a concubine among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

Ling'er flashed her big eyes and looked at the person in front of her, and saw that King Heng looked serious and serious, not as if he was lying, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

King Heng saw that Ling'er was silent, and said: "Within three years of marrying into the palace, you are all free, and it is up to you to come and go." ”

Ling'er couldn't help but be stunned, it was rare for the dignified prince of Zhou to propose to a woman, and she couldn't help but be quite moved. After thinking about his current situation, whether he can marry or not, if one day the Liu family arranges himself to marry a blind, pockmarked, or old man, it is not certain, it is better to get out of that place of right and wrong first. In the past, I felt that King Heng was also a righteous gentleman, but once he got married this time, he couldn't avoid the open and secret struggle of the royal family or the bloody storm in the future. I was happy and worried for a while, and I was stunned for a long time.

King Heng saw that Ling'er was in place, but he was unwilling, and he didn't feel a pain in his heart, his ten fingers were clenched, and his knuckles were white, which showed the pain in his heart, and at this time he felt the weight of the person in front of him in his heart.

Ling'er thought about it, slowly turned to face King Heng and said softly, "I am willing to marry you." King Heng was overjoyed, and Ling'er said: "Please also keep your promise, three years, come and go freely." ”

King Heng nodded indifferently as an agreement, and the clouds broke through the sky for a while